Explicit Meaning: the meaning that the historical source displays easily, you don't really have to think too hard about it to extract this meaning.
Implicit Meaning: This is the meaning that the source does not show easily. You need to 'read between the lines' in order to understand or extract this information/meaning from the source. To get this meaning takes in-depth analysis and often a sound understanding of the topic and other sources relating to the topic.
Relevance: Where something has a direct relationship to the issue/event being studied
Reliability: The believability of a source and the capability of being relied on to give accurate information.
Representativeness: the way a source represents or shows a person's or group's view on a subject. For example, the view being analysed might not be a mainstream view on a subject, it may be an extremist view.
Corroboration: The way in which a source supports another source or group of sources, and as a result adds to its reliability.
Perspective: a certain opinion or viewpoint on a particular subject or issue
Bias: A biased source favours one side of an issue or gives a partisan view of an event. However, such sources may still be of use to historians as it can give a clearer understanding of what people actually thought and did.
Primary/Secondary Source(s): Primary sources are sources produced at the time of the event, while Secondary sources are produced afterwards. Primary sources give a more accurate account of the event despite potentially displaying bias. Secondary Sources are still important as they may well have come from an expert in the field/discipline being studied. But Secondary Sources are removed in time and space from the actual event and therefore can sometimes be less accurate in reflecting the historical event in question.
Glossary
Explicit Meaning: the meaning that the historical source displays easily, you don't really have to think too hard about it to extract this meaning.
Implicit Meaning: This is the meaning that the source does not show easily. You need to 'read between the lines' in order to understand or extract this information/meaning from the source. To get this meaning takes in-depth analysis and often a sound understanding of the topic and other sources relating to the topic.
Relevance: Where something has a direct relationship to the issue/event being studied
Reliability: The believability of a source and the capability of being relied on to give accurate information.
Representativeness: the way a source represents or shows a person's or group's view on a subject. For example, the view being analysed might not be a mainstream view on a subject, it may be an extremist view.
Corroboration: The way in which a source supports another source or group of sources, and as a result adds to its reliability.
Perspective: a certain opinion or viewpoint on a particular subject or issue
Bias: A biased source favours one side of an issue or gives a partisan view of an event. However, such sources may still be of use to historians as it can give a clearer understanding of what people actually thought and did.
Primary/Secondary Source(s): Primary sources are sources produced at the time of the event, while Secondary sources are produced afterwards. Primary sources give a more accurate account of the event despite potentially displaying bias. Secondary Sources are still important as they may well have come from an expert in the field/discipline being studied. But Secondary Sources are removed in time and space from the actual event and therefore can sometimes be less accurate in reflecting the historical event in question.